Tag: Opinion
Roundtable of “Reader Development”
The 2022 Cities of Literature Network Meeting recently took place in Melbourne, attended by representatives from 26 of the world's 42 Cities of Literature....
What’s on in the Yarra Ranges theatres
The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys
The play opens in Cutlers’ Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school in the north...
CARTOON: Level Crossings
Danny Zemp is puzzled by the idea of a level crossing in Healesville.
Helping children understand grief with sad books
Back on January 26, 2011, I published an article titled “The Saddest Children's Books”, recommending some of the books that help young readers understand...
Spiderhead is half-good
Spiderhead
Starring Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett
Rated MA15+
3/5
A science fiction psychological thriller directed by Joseph Kosinski, Spiderhead epitomises the phrase “it gets better...
CARTOON: Farewell Uncle Jack Charles
The much-loved actor and activist Uncle Jack Charles passed away recently.
CARTOON: Filled in?
Pesky potholes littering roads in the Yarra Ranges are bothering Danny Zemp and many other residents.
Dual’s acting as dry as a desert
Dual
Starring Karen Gillan, Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul
Rated M
3/5
Dual is a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire.
Sarah (Karen Gillan), a terminally ill woman, has herself cloned...
CARTOON: Corgis left behind
Danny Zemp is concerned for the Queen's Corgis after her passing.
CARTOON: Keeping the tree canopy healthy
Danny Zemp is wondering whether the veteran trees in the Yarra Ranges will take kindly to the newcomers.
Three Thousand Years of Longing provides film experience that is 108 minutes of bliss
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba
Rated M
4.5/5
Directed by George Miller and based on a short story by A.S. Byatt, Three...
ELT’s evening full of laughs
ELT's spring season started with a great evening of laughs, comedy and farce.
Moon Over Buffalo a story of two actors, just ask them, they...
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Giving back to community
Celebrating this year's Love Your Bookshop Day, The Star Mail recently interviewed Matt and Claire, owners of The Book Barn, the “one stop shop”...
